tell" and now talking about governor romney. >> it is not just the communities in the midwest but vital for our entire economy, something that every american can be proud of. today, four years after the worst economic crisis of our lifetime we are moving forward. after losing 800,000 jobs the month i was sworn to our businesses have now added five million new jobs over the past 2 1/2 yours. the unemployment rate has fallen from a height of 8 percent to 7.8 percent. more americans are getting jobs and manufacturing is coming back. home values are on the rise. we know we're not where we need to be. not yet. that is especially true in places like florida that were so hard hit. we still have too many friends and neighbors who are looking for work. we have too man family whose can't pay the bills too many homes that are still underwater, too many young people still burdened with debt when they graduate from college. if there is one thing i know, florida, it is this, we have couple too far to turn back now. the american people have worked too hard to get to this point after all that we have b